Available Technology
The use of software and technology is becoming more apparent in the courtroom. As courtrooms update their equipment for the new, state-of-the-art technology, you will find that not all courtrooms are created equally. Equipment can be complex, expensive, and difficult to administer, which makes each courtroom a unique experience upon entry.
After viewing the Virtual Law Office Experience video The Electronic Courtroom (1:21)-http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/chet/chet_vloe/TLO/VLOE_15_1/shell.html, complete the following:
A supervising attorney will be trying a case in the local state courthouse. He is not familiar with the multimedia facilities that are in place or what equipment may be brought into the courtroom.
Prepare a list, by courtroom, of the multimedia tools available in each courtroom of the local state courthouse.
Determine whether the court offers or requires any training to use these items.
Find out whether attorneys can bring in their own equipment, and if so, what the procedure is.
Determine whether there is an IT or technology resource person in the courthouse, and if so, what their contact information is.
Your assignment should be a maximum of two pages (counting body text only, not title or reference pages) in double-spaced, one-inch margins on all sides.
EDRM Requirements
Each phase of the EDRM requires resources and methods for completion.
For this assignment, you will create a 1-2 page document listing out each phase and supplying additional resources and methods to complete each phase (e.g., The Identification phase locates potential sources of ESI. What are some of the sources you could use? The plaintiff's computer, the online banking system, etc.).
Use this assignment to think of technology resources for legal research, people, and methods for handling each phase of the EDRM process.
Submit a document that is at least 1 page in length (counting body text only, not title or reference pages) is double-spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
Discussion
Here is the prompt that will launch our discussion for the week. Be sure to select the Discussions page to the left under Week 3 to start posting:
Courts must adhere to many various legal procedures, which can make the use of technology in the courtrooms tricky. The courts must keep the justice system in mind when updating their technology capabilities. Multimedia brings a new aspect of technology to the courtroom and is being used more frequently during trial proceedings. However, multimedia still needs to be approved prior to the trial. Please respond to the following prompts:
What are your thoughts about various types of multimedia being used in the electronic courtroom? Do you believe it enhances a case or hinders?
What possible issues can the use of multimedia present?
Has the use of technology and television affected your view of legal cases in the 21st century? Why?
Think about some recent televised trials that you have watched. Do you feel they better serve the public's knowledge or taint it? Explain your reasoning.